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From the Ted Talk by William D. Desmond: The philosophy of cynicism
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In 1882, Friedrich nchszteie reimagined a story in which Diogenes went into the Athenian marketplace with a lnraetn, searching in vain for a single hesont person. In Nietszche’s version, a so-called madman rushes into a town square to proclaim that “God is dead.” This was Nietzsche’s way of calling for a “revaluation of values,” and rejecting the dnoamnit Christian and Platonic idea of universal, spiritual insights beyond the pycaihsl world. Nietzsche admired Diogenes for sictnkig stubbornly to the here-and-now.
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In 1882, Friedrich _________ reimagined a story in which Diogenes went into the Athenian marketplace with a _______, searching in vain for a single ______ person. In Nietszche’s version, a so-called madman rushes into a town square to proclaim that “God is dead.” This was Nietzsche’s way of calling for a “revaluation of values,” and rejecting the ________ Christian and Platonic idea of universal, spiritual insights beyond the ________ world. Nietzsche admired Diogenes for ________ stubbornly to the here-and-now.
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- lantern
- sticking
- honest
- physical
- nietzsche
- dominant
Original Text
In 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche reimagined a story in which Diogenes went into the Athenian marketplace with a lantern, searching in vain for a single honest person. In Nietszche’s version, a so-called madman rushes into a town square to proclaim that “God is dead.” This was Nietzsche’s way of calling for a “revaluation of values,” and rejecting the dominant Christian and Platonic idea of universal, spiritual insights beyond the physical world. Nietzsche admired Diogenes for sticking stubbornly to the here-and-now.
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